Daddy Dearest

By Jocelyn I., Highlandvillage, TX

Why do you think I’m trying to push away? Why do you feel I’m trying to make you pay? Is it because you feel guilty? Does it make your heart tear? When you look back on my childhood and realize… you were NEVER there? So you think now I’m a teen who wants to be alone. So you don’t even try, you just leave me at home. Tell me, why do you feel this way> Tell me why must you cast me in this role I do not wish to play? My feelings towards you, I assure you, bitter they aren’t. I truly love you daddy, from the bottom of my heart. I can’t fight it anymore; your stubbornness has forced me to give in! You’ve judged me, labeled me as a rebellious teen. And my relationship with you can now never be more than a friend.

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